Lai shows performing this form at its highest level.

Beautiful to watch someone who is an expert in their system. Some may criticize- but watch Mr. Lai in action with applications and you may change your mind.

Mantis "Bung Bo Kuen" is one of the most popular sets of traditional Kung Fu. It is incorpolrated in the curriculum of Hung Gar and Eagle Claw! Sifu Lai shows power, speed, expression and in his DVD also impressing applications. Really high level!!! 5 points of course...

After studying Choy la fut for 15 years I was looking for something else. As soon as I saw Brendan Li and his students I was hooked. A real master.

I studied with Sifu Brendan Lai for several years in SF, CA around 1993. He was a really nice guy, an amazing teacher, accomplished scholar, and super talented. Great video find!

brendan lai is still the only Chinese cat I love to look at perform 7 star mantis. His Kung you can see was high level.

Beautiful to see a true master in action. Brendan Lai was a true Kung Fu treasure.

Show ! O Grão -Mestre Brendan Lai mostrou muita Velocidade e PErfeição ! Incrivél ...

It is said that within this form, is everything you need to learn about the 7 star mantis fighting system. The goal is to have solid stances and fluid footwork (lots of work to get these by themselves), and to break the form down into tiny pieces (intermixed with punch combinations, in all directions). Then, apply one of these tiny pieces of the form during free sparring until you can do it fluidly. Afterwards, apply another piece of the form, etc. etc. Learning it this way is old school and takes lots of hard work and sacrifice, but it is far better to master this original form alone rather than only know 20 different form routines (without application)...

This is probably the most essential of the Northern Mantis forms. And this is the 7 Star Mantis version. From the Hung Kuen practitioners I know, this is not taught in any Southern Style schools. If anything, they are probably taught Chow Gar Mantis.

Excellent form. Thanks for sharing. I've just started to learn this, and had forgotten some of the techniques. Great review right here.

With all due respect, do you know who Brendan Lai was? He was one of the most respected and skilled masters of the 7 star system. Low stances were/are for training, and if that's not "flow" in the hand and arm movements, you are not watching the same video that I am...

nice... great to see the late grandmaster in action, my sifu lee koon hung was close with him... I can tell this was shot at Wah Lum Temple in Orlando Florida...

lol wow this 7-star Mantis version of Bung Bo looks slightly different from Tai Chi Praying Mantis's Bung Bo form. Rather interesting!

One of my favorite forms, this is a great vid!

Mantis is not supposed to have low stances. This is a true master demonstrating. Stop trying to be a novice internet expert and learn.

i dont know how it could be the worst,as the grandmaster does it, they teach this at my school. great form

meu mestreee ^^

nice

Spot on brotha!!

广东人练的七星螳螂崩步。跟山东的完全不同风格

Spot on nonetheless bro. ;-)

the vid was shot at Grandmaster Chan Pui's Wah Lum Temple in Florida...

Very Good!

...Hey, this is seven star praying mantis, no? I agree it's different than what I know, but because I do tai-chi praying mantis.

@pattywakingthefallen Yes. All of the northern praying mantis techniques are incorporated into Bung Bo. You just have to break it down and contemplate each of their use.

thats in a wah lum school cause they have a pic of lee kwan shan on their alter

Você tabém faz kun-fu no Instituto Brendan Lai?Em qual cidade?

lol, you're right, what the hell would a grandmaster know about how to do forms?

Thank you for posting I learned a similar form called Bong Bo wished I could remember it, this one is pretty close, sorry for your loss and sorry there are uninvited losers posting on here "get off now"...

I am humbled

what was that??? in Bung Boo positions are lower and the all form is faster, but ok, he made this form like he felt that

Is this the Tong Long kuen that's in some hung Kuen Systems?

As mentioned before the Praying Mantis has NO LOWER body movement and you must know other forms of Martial Arts that has lower body movement to integrate the two strategies together. Brendan Lai was my uncle and his sister was Anna Lai. I have learned KunTao and Ninpo Tai jitsu and integrated them together with 7 Stars to make it more effective! I am 50 years old and it has taken me my life time to do this. Best Regards Uncle.

Much better than Lee Kum Wing la

Not impressed, the 'stances' are not low enough and the arm movements do not 'flow'.

실전옌쓸모없다

This is probably the most essential of the Northern Mantis forms. And this is the 7 Star Mantis version. From the Hung Kuen practitioners I know, this is not taught in any Southern Style schools. If anything, they are probably taught Chow Gar Mantis.

nice

This is probably the most essential of the Northern Mantis forms. And this is the 7 Star Mantis version. From the Hung Kuen practitioners I know, this is not taught in any Southern Style schools. If anything, they are probably taught Chow Gar Mantis.

This is probably the most essential of the Northern Mantis forms. And this is the 7 Star Mantis version. From the Hung Kuen practitioners I know, this is not taught in any Southern Style schools. If anything, they are probably taught Chow Gar Mantis.